Cruiser USS Houston (CA-30) arrives in Honolulu with United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt aboard. Formation of aircraft fly over the ship. Hawaiians row a fleet of canoes in front of the Houston as it enters port. USS Houston arrives at dock in Pearl Harbor. Band playing and Guard of Honor to welcome President Roosevelt. The President aboard the ship waves his hat. President Roosevelt leaves the dock in a car. He reviews troops at Schofield Barracks and aircraft fly overhead. President Roosevelt gives a brief speech. USS Houston departs from dock with President Roosevelt aboard.
President Rutherford Birchard Hayes' house in Ohio, United States. View of President Hayes's tomb. View of President James Abram Garfield's house in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Tomb and statue of President Garfield. View of the birth place of President William McKinley at Niles, Ohio. Scene shifts to Queen Liliʻuokalani at Royal Parade in Honolulu Hawaii. (Her throne was relinquished to the United States in 1893.) Men, women and children participate in the parade. Queen Liliuokalani reviews the parade and greets dignitaries. Sanford B. Dole, first Governor of Hawaii, views the parade. Hawaiian soldiers parade, followed by United States armed forces. A mounted band plays on horseback.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and members of his party, bidding farewell as they prepare to depart Honolulu, Hawaii, on the USS Houston. The President waves his hat to the gathered crowd. Song of Aloha is heard. Wake of the vessel underway, as viewed from the stern.